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This book addresses representations and constructions of masculinity in crisis in contemporary French culture by way of two important concepts – the phallus (largely but not solely in (a) Lacanian sense(s)) and abjection (Kristeva). Scrutiny of these concepts informs readings of a number of texts – literary (Bataille, Adamov, Doubrovsky, Houellebecq, Rochefort, Angot) and cinematic (Ferreri, Eustache, Godard, Noé, Bonello) – in which the abject phallus is a significant factor. The texts chosen a

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Author

Keith Reader

Publisher

Brill

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9789401201735

Category

social science

Subjects

Performing Arts, Science, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-25